Harlem Renaissance
Stroll through the Harlem Renaissance Era
The 1920s and 30s was a time of creativity and awareness for Black
artists and writers in Harlem, New York. It was also a time that the
artists were faced with criticism for their expressions of cultural pride
and reflection.
* The Harlem Renaissance captured national attention when the work
of Black writers and artists reflected racial pride and cultural struggles.
* Artists such as Zora Neale Hurston, Paul Robeson, Charles McKay,
and Langston Hughes created powerful messages through various art
forms that still have great impact around the world.
* Alain Locke, a literary critic and editor of the anthology The New
Negro, exposed Harlem’s artists to a national audience.
* The NAACP’s Crises, edited by W.E.B. DuBois, illuminated the work of
Harlem’s black writers.
* Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and his son Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
served as pastors of The Abyssinian Baptist Church which is located in
Harlem, NY. The church served as the center of civil rights activism.
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* The original Cotton Club opened in 1927 and featured great artists
such as Duke Ellington, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Ethel Waters, Cab
Calloway, and Louis Armstrong.
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* The Savoy Ballroom was one of Harlem’s top clubs that featured top
bands and dancers. Dances such as the “jitterbug,” and the “Lindy
hop” were very popular during the Harlem Renaissance era.
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* The Lafayette Theatre was the leading theater for dramas and major
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* The Hurtig and Seamon’s New Burlesque Theatre was built in 1914.
Black people could not sit in the audience. In 1934, Ralph Cooper, Sr.
used the same building to do a live version of his radio show, Amateur
Nite Hour at the Apollo™, creating Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater.
* Countee Cullen was a leading poet during the renaissance era. He
was born in New York City and became a distinguished writer at a very
young age. Two of his famous published poems includes “The Black
Christ” and “Copper Sun.”
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